Word: twinning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...landing in Tehran, Waldheim immediately was subjected to humiliating abuse. Local newspapers published a year-old photograph of him kissing the hand of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the Shah's twin sister. Read the caption in the evening daily Kayhan: "Kurt Waldheim in his previous trip to Tehran-he and Ashraf have raised their glasses in a toast to the archtraitor Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, marking his victory in the massacre and torture of the defenseless and innocent Iranian nation," A morning newspaper, the Islamic Republic, published another old photograph of Waldheim shaking hands with the Shah, whose face was blotted...
...loom much larger as a campaign issue than any of the candidates would have predicted two months ago and 2) Jimmy Carter's sudden rise in popular esteem, based on his cool handling of the hostage situation, could fade just about as fast if his response to the twin problems of Iran and Afghanistan is eventually viewed by the voters as being ineffective. Despite the current commanding leads of Carter and Reagan for their party's nominations, 1980 promises to be a highly volatile political year...
...third time on Dec. 21 to discuss its findings. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that while no corroborating evidence of a nuclear explosion had been found, the committee had "ruled out almost every other explanation for the event," eliminating the "superlightening bolt" or satellite malfunction theories for the twin pulse of light observed on Sept...